THE OLD WAYS
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I explore hidden history & other alternative information, European/ Slavic pagan music & folk art, ethnic folk traditions & rites of indigenous European/ Slavic people, animism, and more...
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Forwarded from Folk Wisdom & Ways
Dirkje from the Tribe of the Fox went to the north of the Netherlands to visit the megalithic dolmen that we call 'Hunebedden'. The hunebedden/dolmen are scattered mainly over a beautiful province called 'Drenthe'. In this video Dirkje talks about the dolmen and also shares personal experiences she had when tuning in on these ancient places. Study and experience go hand in hand with the Tribe of the Fox. Enjoy, folks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxFf5OYfEw
Forwarded from Easter Tidings
We all had this. Abrahamism destroys all ethnic identity, indigenous culture, and our intrinsic connection to nature. They label us pagans and they have a directive to transform the world to their image via monotheism.

https://youtu.be/OoW6hMcxm0I
Forwarded from DukeOfDurham 🦌
Traditional village crafts
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Forwarded from ᚪOLK CINEᛗA
The Bear in Lore & Etymology.

The name Arctic comes from the Greek word arktos, which means bear. The bear in question is not polar, but celestial: The Greater She-Bear (also known as the Big Dipper) constellation, which is only visible in the Northern Hemisphere. Antarktikos is the opposite of 'the land of the bear'.

Arktos is derived from the Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥tḱós (“destroying”).

The word is believed to have been ritually replaced because of hunters' taboo on names of wild animals.

The Proto-Indo-European origin is either - bʰrē ("brown") or ǵʰwḗr ("wild animal")

• Germanic: bera [hense "Berlin" & "Berne"]

• Nordic: bjorn

Finnish: mesikämmen ("honey-pawed") [along with 1,000 other nicknames]

• Baltic: lakis ("shaggy"), meška (root: miškas ("forest"))

• Slavic: medved ("honey-eater")

However, it still remained in Old Celtic arto & Welsh arth. from which the name "Arthur" is derived.
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Bow fiddle rock ~ Banffshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Celtic Sun God Lugh by wornfall on deviant art
My ideal place to live. Far away from modern civilization, at the edge of a wild forest or mountains. Now I wouldn’t want to be too far away from the city, maybe an hour and a half at the most, because I’ll still be needing to make trips to the city to pick up the things I would need. Maybe if I was born and raised in a place that’s far away from civilization, a remote country environment, then I wouldn’t rely so much on modern conveniences, specific food items, products, and such, but I do. I’m sure over time I can learn to live without most of these things, but this transition would be gradual. In any case, why make your life super uncomfortable if it’s not really necessary.
I do plan to move away to the country in the future, and I would not want to live more than 1, 1/2 hours away from civilization, because I know I will not be living a fully self-sufficient life-style. My life won’t even be halfway self-sufficient when I make the move to the country. For instance, I love baking, because I love homemade baked goods, like pies, pastries, cookies, fresh breads, etc… Although I could probably grow some vegetables and fruits, depending on the climate where I will be moving, I will not be growing the wheat to make my flour to use for baking. This I will need to take trip to the city for. This, and many more things
Forwarded from Western Heritage
Photograph shows the first automobile in Los Angeles, made by J. Philip Erie. He is pictured here driving, with Mayor of Los Angeles William H Workman in the passenger seat. 1897.